"A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa st...
Alternative Title:
State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by I. Jones
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
"A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa st...
Alternative Title:
State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by I. Jones
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
"A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa st...
Alternative Title:
State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by I. Jones
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
Volume 1, page 35. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three soldiers stand at attention outside a tent (right) holding bayoneted muskets. Two wear high plumed busbies, the third a laced three-cornered hat. The officer facing them (left), holding a musket without a bayonet against his shoulder, gives the...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 21st, 1781, by W. Dickinson, engraver, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Military uniforms, Military officers, Rifles, Bayonets, Tents, Drums (Musical instruments), and Dogs
"A procession (from left to right) of Queen Elizabeth and her maids of honour on horseback, the ladies all seated sideways, behind the rider of the horse, the cavalier always in profile, the lady in full face, except for one lady who is in back view. ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30th June 1781 by H Humphrey no. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Subject (Topic):
Parades & processions, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
"An Edinburgh wynd or close. A man seated on a bucket is using it as a latrine. A man holding a bucket stands behind him, screening him with his cloak, and turning round to call "Haud your Hond Lossie" to a woman who is emptying a bucket of filth from...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st 1781 by J. Langham, St Brides Passage Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
Refuse disposal, Privies, City & town life, and Clothing & dress
"Woodland scene with a naked young boy lying on a cloth in the foreground, guarded by dogs; to right, a herdsman and a woman, presumably Mithridates and his wife Cyno, surprised at the sight; to left, a curved stone frieze of soldiers, surmounted by a...
Description:
Title etched below image, above and on either side of etched Walpole arms bearing the motto "Fari quae sentiat."
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 1st, 1781, by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Cyrus, the Great, King of Persia, -530 B.C. or 529 B.C.
A view of the river Medway, opposite Sheerness, on a windy day with the town and ships in the distance. In the foreground the figures (identified by letters) struggle with their boat
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 27th 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734,, and Scott, Samuel, approximately 1710-1772,
"A man on horseback in a street with his arms around two women, one of whom is crying at right, an old lady sat in profile in the foreground holding a bunch of flowers and a dog drinking from a fountain behind, a man watching the farewell with crossed...
Alternative Title:
La Fleur part de Montreuil
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 28th, 1781, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
"A man on horseback in a street with his arms around two women, one of whom is crying at right, an old lady sat in profile in the foreground holding a bunch of flowers and a dog drinking from a fountain behind, a man watching the farewell with crossed...
Alternative Title:
La Fleur part de Montreuil
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 28th, 1781, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
"The interior of a coffee-house, the customers, with one exception, deeply interested and dismayed at the news in a 'Gazette Extraordinary', which the title shows is that on the capture of the island of St. Eustatius by Rodney, see British Museum Sati...
Alternative Title:
News from St. Eustatia and St. Eustatia
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 15, 1781, by W. Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
"A lady, seated on a settee smiling, her right hand rests on the arm of the settee, in her left is a black mask. On the cushion of the settee is a card "Admit Mrs M------to the Mask'd Ball". She is attractively dressed in the fashion of the period, wi...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Name):
Mahon, Gertrude, 1752-
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, Courtesans, Interiors, Sofas, Upholstery, Clothing & dress, and Hats
A crowded Quaker meeting hall in which many of the congregation, seated in the pews and stalls or in the gallery, are sleeping or yawning as one man and one woman argue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Nov. 28th, 1781, by HHumphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Quakers, Friends' meeting houses, and Clothing & dress
